Dread Not

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Dread Not is a multiplayer survival management game with a horror theme. It was developed by Leviathan Interactive and was released on June 14, 2025. It received neutral reviews from players.

Avoid your watery grave in this asymmetrical co-op horror game where you and a friend take the roles of a submarine Pilot and Mechanic. Work together to repair the ship, solve puzzles, avoid a deadly creature, and make it back to the surface before time runs out! It's time to Sync or Swim.

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57%

Audience ScoreBased on 129 reviews

graphics5 positive mentions

stability13 negative mentions

Fun and engaging cooperative gameplay experience, especially enjoyable with friends.
Innovative concept combining puzzle-solving and teamwork reminiscent of games like 'Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes' and 'We Were Here'.
Good potential for growth and improvement as an early access student project with appealing map design and unique puzzles.

Numerous bugs and glitches including crashes, UI issues, and inconsistent puzzle behavior negatively impact playability.
Poor optimization causing lag and performance issues even on decent hardware.
Unclear tutorials, confusing game mechanics, minimal difficulty scaling, and lack of in-game communication tools make the game difficult to learn and less accessible.

gameplay
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
18%
64%
18%
Gameplay is generally enjoyable with thoughtful map design and interesting mechanics, but it is often hampered by confusing tutorials, glitches, and inconsistent UI elements that make interactions difficult. Players find the learning curve steep, especially due to unclear role dynamics and limited feedback on the mechanic's position, which impacts overall clarity and smoothness. While conceptually strong, the gameplay suffers from bugs and optimization issues that detract from the experience.
- “After understanding base mechanics, gameplay becomes quite easy, especially if you have learned the map.”
- “Yes, it's a little bit glitchy and the tutorial is somewhat confusing, but the gameplay is very enjoyable.”
- “I love that the map is planned to be changed to see the mechanic in real time. It was very difficult at times to guide the mechanic until we learned where each room is on the map since where the map shows the mechanic vs where they actually are can be very different.”
- “It looks like the devs put effort into it, mainly because of the map design and the tried mechanic, but it has so many bugs and I didn't even know what was happening.”
- “I can't say anything about gameplay because trying to aim at a button on the control panel during the entire session, when you make a half-turn around yourself with a micro-mouse movement, cannot be called gameplay.”
- “The game doesn’t explain much, and the mechanics often feel half-baked.”
stability
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
7%
93%
The game is plagued by frequent bugs, glitches, crashes, and performance issues that often disrupt gameplay and make it frustrating or occasionally unplayable. Despite these stability problems, some users acknowledge its fun and engaging core experience, hoping for improvements in future updates.
- “Terrible game, insanely buggy and overall not fun.”
- “The settings reset on game restart, the audio sliders function only some of the time, the game is deafeningly loud on start-up, the pilot's big blueprint screen with your friend engineer is very unreliable and the engineer's icon just teleports like crazy across the ship, the voice of both narrators is awful, the graphics settings worsened when I selected a higher setting, and joining a lobby is buggy; sometimes it's there, sometimes not.”
- “When I launched the game, I was shocked by lag and freezes out of nowhere, and after a few minutes, it closes due to insufficient RAM.”
graphics
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
42%
33%
25%
The game's graphics are generally appreciated for their art style and charm, but technical issues such as poor optimization, inconsistent settings, and dark visuals make gameplay difficult and affect visibility. Users note glitches, unstable graphics performance, and UI quality fluctuations that detract from the overall experience, though there is potential for improvement.
- “Honestly, not a bad game. It has a lot of potential as well as nice graphics. Overall, I thought it was quite charming.”
- “The art style is nice, although it is subjective.”
- “But overall, once the graphics issue is sorted (I changed my settings to low for smoother play), I think this could be a really fun game.”
- “Terrible visuals with dark screen and lots of glitches, making the gameplay overall mediocre.”
- “The graphics settings worsened when I selected a higher setting, and the pilot's blueprint screen is very unreliable with the engineer's icon teleporting erratically across the ship.”
- “The game was quite dark, making it hard to see some puzzles such as wire segments and temperature, pressure, and CO2 notches.”
optimization
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
67%
The game suffers from poor optimization, leading to sluggish performance and difficulty running smoothly on certain hardware. Multiple users highlight the need for significant improvements to enhance gameplay experience.
- “This game is good but it's very hard to understand when the game isn't optimized enough to run smoothly on certain graphics cards; the gameplay is good but it takes a toll on your brain.”
- “Yes, it needs work on the optimization and we encountered some sluggishness.”
- “I'll keep disliking it until proper optimization is done.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The music is energetic and enjoyable, featuring catchy tracks that players find engaging and memorable.
- “But the soundtrack hits hard.”
- “I don't know what these songs are, but they kinda bop!”
- “Fun music too!”
atmosphere
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The atmosphere is currently weak and fails to create a sense of urgency, making the experience feel flat. While the game shows potential, it requires significant polishing and more varied puzzles to establish a truly engaging and immersive atmosphere.
- “The atmosphere is lacking; I feel no sense of urgency while playing.”
- “It has potential, but it needs a lot more polish, better puzzle variety, and some real atmosphere if it wants to make waves.”
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The story is somewhat unclear and lacks emotional impact, with players noting unusual or confusing elements. Additionally, the narrative does not create a deeply immersive or realistic experience, and it struggles to engage players on a meaningful level.
- “Obviously, a couple of college students, who work part-time jobs on top of going to classes, won't be able to make something that can match realistic graphics, give you a story that makes you tear up at every development, or help you find a job more productive than reviewing Steam games.”
- “For example, after I completed a mission with wires (I don't know how to call it, sorry), the red wire kind of... came with me wherever I went.”